Going to a pre-launch party of a new London club should be by definition a must thing to do. A club created by the people behind Fabric…even more so. But after going to MATTER last night, the new club based at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, I am ready to change my mind.

I come from a city where people really don’t dress up for these kind of events, but living in London I found myself having to pull on a fancy dress and dig out my highest of high heels. Big mistake.

When you go to MATTER you not only have to take a 40 min tube journey, a bus, a taxi and a lift, but you also have to walk about another 40 to 50 min to get inside the club. Once inside..to go from one room to another, you walk again… It is like going to a shopping mall, and the thing is, it looks like one – And that is what Matter is. A big club mall.

Does that really matter? Of course it does, girls will stop wearing heels, or they will never go back to Matter.

If it wasn’t for:
Jamie Liddell’s concert and James Lidell himself; Tim Exile’s spectacular performance playing a strange music instrument and his backstage rider of kit kats and spicy chips and tasty sandwiches; the open bar (with no queues); and me inviting Bushwacka (from Layo and Bushwacka!) to come to Lisbon and play on my 30th birthday…
…it would have been a disaster.

To go backstage we had to walk again 40 minutes, (not joking) and every Dj had a map on the table to guide them back to the club.

The best bit was probably travelling on the Clipper boats on the Thames back home…but then again.. guess how long we had to wait for the fist boat to arrive?

40 minutes.

Citizensounds says…

Matter has so much of what makes a great clubbing experience, but on the night it simply didn’t deliver. The bouncers are very nice, it has a big outside smoking area, a powerful sound system, an incredible list of Djs ready to play there, good looking people with funky hair cuts, so definitely a place to go back to…if it wasn’t for the walk. If only in the cloakroom girls could change their heels for a pair of roller blades..that would be amazing.”

Here is Tim Exile playing with some of his weird instruments…

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